Rise in Operating Cost Not Ove For Wage
The Transportation Brotherhoods claim operating costs have not risen due to wage hikes. They cite railroad reports showing train and engine crews bore more than wage gains, with heavier trains and increased tonnage lowering labor cost per ton mile. Evidence from Western arbitration shows wage costs per thousand tons fell 12 percent from 1900 to 1913 and 1918 data indicating wage share reduced to 19 cents per dollar revenue in 1913 from 21 in 1890.
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Transportation Brotherhoods’ Publicity Bureau
Transportation Brotherhood
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tafl
Western Railroads
Western Arbitration
Mosquito Control Tips and Tire Caution in Science News
Farm and Fireside advises draining water to starve mosquitoes and oiling remaining surfaces to kill wrigglers, with weekly mid summer treatments and screens to exclude pests. It also notes tire diameter variation can cause mechanical problems and warns to match tires by type and make to avoid issues.
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Scientific American
Asquith Proposes Universal Draft for Army and Navy
London May 3 Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that a bill will introduce universal and immediate conscription to solve the recruiting crisis. He said the empire’s combined forces since the war began exceed 5,000,000 and the British army totals eighty three divisions, with full mobilization required abroad and at home. Recruiting continues with occasional lapses under two England specific conditions: sea supremacy and allied financing.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
House
British Empire
India
Dominions
Lord Wimborne Ireland Revolt Declared Over
Ireland's Lord Lieutenant announced the insurrection had ended, urging calm and pledging to restore order as authorities assess the aftermath and plan further steps.
Shoots Employer and Self Over Molasses Smearing
In Carlisle Pennsylvania on May 3 a seventeen year old mechanic shot his employer Frank Spensler forty near Mechanicsburg after an argument over a game called molasses smearing. The youth then killed himself. Spensler is critical. his brother Lester fifteen is in shock.
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Mechanicaburg
Carlisle
John Dagnell
Dillsburg
Frank Spensler
Mechanicsburg
Spensler
Lester
Britain Refuses Fifteen Day Extension on Rotterdam Goods
British officials announced the government would not grant an extension of the blockade passage to German origin goods contracted before March 15 1916. Only goods tied to contracts before March 1 1915 may enter America. American merchants sought the extension to move large stock still at Rotterdam.
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Britain
Rotterdam
Washington
State Department
British Foreign Office
America
Hotterdam
French Cruiser Halts and Searches Isthmian Ship
A wireless message from the Isthmian reports a French cruiser stopped the American steamship off Porto Rico and fired a shot across its bow before allowing it to proceed. The Isthmian had sailed from Baltimore on April 25 for Rio Janeiro.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Isthmian
Baltimore
Rio Janiero
Troops hunt snipers as Dublin battles rage
May 3 report says soldiers press a thorough search of Dublin to end the last armed rebels, with a small band of snipers in Ballsbridge under artillery fire. Outside the city, insurgent bands linger, women executed, and fourteen bodies found among shell torn ruins. Central Dublin remains a fire scarred maze of wreckage and impassable streets.
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Dublin
Ballsbridge
James Larkin
Sinn ‘Fenners
Minister's Daughter Elopes In New York City Romance
Morristown residents report that Sarah Buckley, daughter of Rev Dr James M Buckley longtime editor of the Christian Advocate, secretly wed Ernest Pignone a 21 year old journeyman mason. The ceremony occurred April 1 at St Mark's New York and was not announced until June 1. The couple returned to their homes. Sarah was ill with rheumatism and Buckley is a renowned Methodist minister.
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Morristown
N. J
James M. Buckley
Christian Advocate
Sarah
Ernest, Pignone
Buckley
Hill Street
Pignone
St. Mark's Church
New York
Saratoga
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Immigration rises to thirty three thousand in March
Immigration figures from the bureau show 33,000 foreigners reaching the United States in March, up from 24,000 in February and 17,000 in January, with Italy providing the largest share, followed by England and the Scandinavian nations.
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Washington
Immigration Bureau
United States
Italy
England
Two Relief Ships Sunk, Belgium Relief Fleets Hit
London reports two vessels chartered by the American commission for Belgian relief, the Fridland and Hendenhall, sunk within two days. The Hendenhall sailed from Portland Maine to Rotterdam via Lille. Additional losses include the Brazilian Rio Branca and the British Rochester City, with one crewman known to have been American.
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Rochester City
Portland
Trendon Hall
Rotterdam
World eyes on U S Brazil editorial urges neutral support
The Journal do Comercio editorial from Rio de Janeiro says the world watches Washington as the United States faces German replies. It states Wilson should defend Americans and humanity, urging neutrals to cooperate to hasten the war's end and support those seeking victory.
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Brazil
Mio Janeiro
Dr Comercio
Tn En
Washington
Wilson
United States
Connolly Lived in Penna Former Dublin Rebel Leader
James Connolly, Irish revolutionary commander in Dublin, once edited the Free Press in New Castle Pennsylvania May 3. He toured the United States, then became editor of the socialist paper here. Connolly later served as a correspondent on labor and Irish affairs for American papers and contributed to Dublin's Harp. He trained at Sandhurst.
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Alew Castle
New Castle
James Connoly
Dublin
Free Press
Connolly
Ireland
Connelly
Harp
Conwis
Sandhurst
West Point
England
Ninth District Revenues Decline in April Figures
Lancaster Pennsylvania May 3 The ninth internal revenue district reports April receipts totaling 271323.30 dollars, down 16217.05 from March. Cigar receipts at 151351.56 dollars show a drop of 14137.25 from March.
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Lancaster
Internal Revenue District
Bullet for Munitions Clerk in Milton Ohio
Milton Ohio Mayo a Adam rnaomas shipping clerk at a munitions plant was shot and dying from a wound in the lung that pierced his kidney. The shot may have targeted the plant general manager who stood nearby. Victory for Big Navy men in Congress with 13 million for ammunition after secretary cuts to 10 million. Fire in Raleigh destroys seven buildings causing heavy losses and drawing Durham aid.
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Milton
Mayo
Adam Rnomas
Thomas
Washington
House Naval Affair Committee
General Board
Daniel
Raleigh
N. C
Durham
Tragedy on Tracks: Man Cut In Two By Train In York
York police report Herman A. Stover a 35 year old Spring Grove paper mill worker was found cut in two after a Pennsylvania freight train incident near York The description notes his position lying face down with arms extended suggesting a deliberate self inflicted act authorities believe he sought death by his own action
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York
Herman A. Stover
Spring Grove
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tragic Farm Shooting Ends in Self Inflicted Death
In Mechanicsburg area near Harrisburg on May 2, John Cassell age 18 of Dillsburg shot and wounded John Shells on Shells Farm during a conversation and then killed himself. Shells is expected to recover. Coroner finds no reason for the act.
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Harrisburg
John Casnell
Diilsburg
John Shells
Mechanicsburg
Three Killed Eight Hurt in Yardville Oil Cloth Blast
In Trenton on May 3 a blast at the Yardville Oil Cloth Works in nearby Pennsylvania killed three workers and injured eight others, with twenty five people inside at the time. Authorities believe gasoline fumes caused the explosion, and the entire factory building was destroyed.
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Trenton
N. J
Yardville
ProBacon Judge Reverses Himself in Shakespeare Suit
Chicago May 3 Judge Richard B Tathiil in the circuit court set aside his recent decision in the suit claiming Francis Bacon wrote the works generally attributed to Shakespeare. The exchange questions Finchdub’s finances and mentions autos, cited by the Kansas City Journal. Sighted in The News.
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Chicago
Richard 8. Tathiil
Circuit Court
Bia
Francis Bacon
Shakespeare
Fire Official Accused in Easton Embezzlement Case
Easton May 2 Harry Peacock treasurer of the Flumane Fire company was arrested on embezzlement charges totaling 544.42. He posted 1600 bail for a hearing and asserted his books will prove the charge unfounded. Meanwhile an unrelated advertisement touts Catarrh cures and warnings about constitutional treatment, funded by Cheney Co.
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Easton
Harry Peacock
Flumane Fire Company
Ami
Cheney & Co
Ita
Vooj, Cheney& CO
Tolevo, Hie
Harvester Strike Expands at Chicago Plant
Chicago May 3 Four thousand more employees of the International Harvester company struck, driving the total on strike higher. Operations were suspended at the McCormick plant as the walkout intensified amid labor dispute actions.
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Harvester
Chicago
Internation! Harvester Company
Frr
Vo Jtend
Pendta
M« Cormick Plant
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